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Color DMD arrived, it is awesome!

By markmon

11 years ago


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    #1 11 years ago

    As the topic says. It arrived, it was easy to install (took about 5 minutes, 4 screws and a few cables) and it is really awesome. Even though it is an LCD, it does not look washed out. The images are very sharp and the blacks are black enough that you cannot notice it has changed to an LCD. It uses way less power than the plasma DMD also.

    Even better, I had an old WPC 95 A/V board that was busted. It needed the HV section of the video rebuilt. But it was reworked before so it had no hope of being fixed. After installing the color DMD, I put that old board back in the machine and everything works great with it. The Color DMD does not need the HV output of the A/V board so the fact that those circuits are broken don't matter. So now I have a spare WPC95 A/V board and DMD left over on top of it!

    #2 11 years ago

    Please post a few pictures.

    #3 11 years ago

    Pics or you are playing Shrek...

    #4 11 years ago

    Ok it's hard to capture the nice colors on the DMD in these pictures, but here we go:

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    #5 11 years ago

    Very Nice! And the color DMD is also nice!

    #6 11 years ago

    Could be just me, but I can see a BIG difference. Compare just the top pic here. "Say NO to Drugs" is CLEAR as crystal. The MM's "Kings of the Realm" next to it almost looks blurred in comparison.
    Same story on the other 2 pics, looks REALLY crisp. NICE!

    -j

    #7 11 years ago

    Nice!

    Any brightness settings?

    Are you finding it is not too bright? Very tempted as it makes my AFM look dated!

    #8 11 years ago

    That looks awesome, thanks for posting the pics....

    #9 11 years ago

    Oh, you can see it. Wow! It sure stands out in the crowd. The other pins are pleading "Me Next!".

    #10 11 years ago

    That looks awesome!

    #11 11 years ago

    Wow what a crisp clear difference. Now all I need it an AFM machine to put one in.

    #12 11 years ago

    Big difference I bet you were pumped to get that installed as soon as possible. Looks great thanks for sharing the pics with us. Also like how you did the LEDs in the back of the playfield well played!

    #13 11 years ago

    I tried to get one and they sold out way too quickly. I was even on the mailing list and I still missed out. I hope that they're back in stock soon. I really want to do a review for the podcast.

    #14 11 years ago

    so cool!!
    and the color dmd is nice too...

    #16 11 years ago

    Very nice

    #17 11 years ago

    Awesome, hopefully they do more conversions soon.

    #18 11 years ago

    Definitely a winner! Looks like you'll be springing for a few more of these in the not too distant future...

    #19 11 years ago

    Do you think ColorDMD will eventually allow the color images to be reproduced in The Pinball Arcade or PinMAME?

    #20 11 years ago

    Congrats. Now instead of still shots, post a video!

    #21 11 years ago
    Quoted from NimblePin:

    Definitely a winner! Looks like you'll be springing for a few more of these in the not too distant future...

    Other than MM, what's next?

    #22 11 years ago
    Quoted from RobT:

    Other than MM, what's next?

    That very subject is speculated about in this thread ...

    http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/color-dmd-wh20

    #23 11 years ago

    MM, then TAF, and speculation after that but surely MB next???

    #24 11 years ago

    Look great! I'm ready for MM toget it

    #25 11 years ago
    Quoted from coasterguy:

    Look great! I'm ready for MM toget it

    Is Chris installing one for you?

    #26 11 years ago

    Really looks nice Markmon!! Enjoy

    #27 11 years ago

    Looks GREAT! Hopefully, now that they have made one, they can speed up the process and make them for at least a few different games a year. I would probably buy one for LOTR and SM.

    #28 11 years ago

    I'd be in for LOTR and TAF

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